This language course improves communication ability in spoken Chinese. There are about 15 students for each class. After this level of courses, the students have good paragraph expression ability, are able to communicate with local people in Chinese fluently about general topics on social life, and express their thoughts and feelings in Chinese systematically and completely. It requires students to speak Chinese in standard pronunciation and tones and to use words correctly. The students learn how to use complicated vocabulary and sentences patterns. The main goal of the course is strengthen students’ ability in using Chinese language and appropriate expressions. 7000 words are learned by students.
Text: Gaoji hanyu kouyu, 3 (Advanced Spoken Chinese Part 3) Peking University Press
Assessment: class performance, two midterm exams, final exam.